Sentences with phrase «game against the managers»

Not exact matches

Concerning chelsea, I think we just need to be clinical in recent years we always create chances against them buh we are not ruthless enough.IMo, Cazorla is our most complete number 10, but I want him and Ozil to feature in this game and at d same time I don't want ozil or ramsey on the wings.whichever way the manager sets d team up, I jus want a win against Mourinho.coyg!!

«For the first time in my life as a manager in that game against Spain, we were getting a chasing for a while, and I found myself actually watching the opposition and appreciating how well they were playing.

seems to reflect the general mess that the club is now in... rent seeking owner disinterested in the game, delusional manager who continues to believe the game is played in his own head rather than against other teams who are strengthening, too many players in some positions too few in others, inflated wage bill due to hanging on to deadwood players, injury prone before season starts, lack of footballing identity... wexit a necessary but probably not sufficient condition for club to regain its status

We have been on the wrong end of many results against Fergie's United, including goals by our former captain van Persie in his first three games against us since listening to the little boy inside and turning his back on the club and manager that had made him what he was.

But maybe the manager has become too used to it all as well, because in his comments ahead of the FA cup game this weekend against lowly Preston North End, reported on the Arsenal website, the Frenchman suggested that he was not sure about whether to rest our Chilean international star Alexis Sanchez this weekend.

20 odd games and counting, the muppet «manager» has failed against the «special» quality counterpart across the dugout.

And Wenger's record of losing eight of his 26 games against Hughes in all competitions (home and away) is the Frenchman's worst against any single manager except for his arch-nemesis Sir Alex Ferguson.

Manchester City come up against Arsenal on Sunday afternoon in a meeting between two of the most respected managers in the game.

Wenger has said that luckily the game is played between the players on the pitch and not the managers, but I can't help feeling wary about the incredible record Mourinho has against Le Prof. Let's hope the hoodoo doesn't rub off on the players on Saturday morning....

The Belgian Number One striker Romelu Lukaku sat on the bench and watched his star studded team - mates fail to score for 75 minutes of last night's game against Finland, but he had to wait for the manager to put him on the pitch before he could score the equaliser himself!

After a summer of complaining and constant promises that he'll reclaim his central midfield role (via the Mirror), Wenger started Ramsey in the middle against West Ham in our opening game and what transpired was something which obviously displeased the manager.

Bruce was extremely Graceful in defeat unlike a few managers we know with their ««We had better chances than Arsenal, even a meagre 2 against 20, and we should have never lost and at least got something out of the game».

Besides if you and I can see that Arsenal struggle against teams who play a pressing game, surely any experienced manager with the players capable of carrying out the tactics would just use that on Arsenal as Dortmund did

In the build - up to the game, manager Roy Hodgson had confirmed that the Tottenham striker would make his first start for the side, after the 21 - year - old scored within eighty seconds of his debut from the substitute's bench against Lithuania last week.

«The manager's noticing it and against Watford I felt like I had a really good, solid game.

The manager, the players and the fans become over confident over nothing.lets look at the last five games 2 - 1 against Spurs, Tottneham defeat Arsenal convincingly.And ended the crazy dream of the Manager, the players and the fans of winning the eplmanager, the players and the fans become over confident over nothing.lets look at the last five games 2 - 1 against Spurs, Tottneham defeat Arsenal convincingly.And ended the crazy dream of the Manager, the players and the fans of winning the eplManager, the players and the fans of winning the epl title.

Valencia meanwhile are edging closer to the top four, with Gary Neville set to take charge against Eibar in his first game as manager.

Everyone knows how to play against them and with the same manager for 18 years you know what they will do every game.

The Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has been called up by Gareth Southgate for the big friendly games against Holland and Italy next week, and he has no worries that he can convince the England manager that he is fit enough and talented enough to become an integral part of Southgate's World Cup squad.

There has been and will continue to be an awful lot of talk among Arsenal fans and in the football press about various behind the scenes goings on at our club, but right now the manager and the players need to focus on the next match and taking all three Premier League points from our home game against Manchester City.

Manager Mark Wilmots will have a near full strength squad to pick from, with Steven Defour having completed his one game suspension for the red card he received against South Korea, while defender Thomas Vermaelen has sufficiently recovered from a hamstring problem.

The manager himself has spoken a number of times about how that first game against United back in December saved his side's season; Liverpool changed to this 3 -4-3 formation and Sterling was superb on his own upfront, despite being denied by a number of David de Gea saves.

The 24 - year - old scored his 17th goal of the season for City last night in a 2 - 0 win against Reading — the club's first game since sacking Roberto Mancini as manager.

The three other games all saw us keep a clean sheet but they were against EPL strugglers Hull City at home and the two non-league sides Sutton and Lincoln in the FA cup, so when giving an interview to Sky Sports this week you can sort of understand why our manager blamed this aspect of Arsenal's game for our problems, when asked whether the uncertainty over his future could be affecting his players.

Here is how manager louis van Gaal could set his team out for their first game back from the international break against Liverpool...

We will have to wait and see whether the Arsenal and England defender Kieran Gibbs is selected by his national manager Roy Hodgson for the friendly game against France at Wembley tonight, which is bound to be an odd and emotionally charged encounter after the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris, but with England wracked by injury problems and having to play a very young team, as well as the limp performance put in by Ryan Bertrand at left back against Spain, I will be surprised if Gibbs does not start.

Tiger General Manager Jim Campbell sent Governor George Romney a wire offering to play Tuesday's game against the Orioles before empty stands but to have it televised locally to help keep people off the streets.

Ahead of Liverpool's FA Cup replay against Championship side Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday night, manager Brendan Rodgers has urged his players to recapture the creativity which saw them put together a 13 game unbeaten Premier League run.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is confident his side will soon find their goalscoring touch ahead of the home game against Stoke City on Saturday afternoon.

Manager Alan Pardew, 52, says he will not walk away from his job at Newcastle United as fans plan a mass walk - out during Saturday's final home game of the season, against Cardiff — Daily Express

Even Zagreb's manager said, that we were easy to read and everybody knew what tactic to use against us to have a chance of winning.That in itself for me is an extremely damning statement, specially coming from the manger of a team that has never won a CL game.

With such a need to find a change in fortune, there are certain managers and teams that Wenger would prefer to avoid at times like these, but he has drawn the short straw by being allocated an away match against his old enemy Tony Pulis at West Brom, and Le Prof certainly won't be relishing this game.

Ospina is now back in full training and he could play against City, although manager Arsene Wenger is likely to keep faith in Wojciech Szczesny, who has kept three cleans sheets in six games in all competitions this season.

I actually just watched their game against Barcelona and dare I say that any Manager whose team outclasses and outpossesses Barcelona on any footballing turf definitely has my attention.

A London derby with plenty at stake for both teams is on tap for Sunday at the Emirates in what will be Arsene Wenger's final game against West Ham as Arsenal's manager.

Blackburn manager Mark Hughes must be scratching his head in disbelief after discovering that start striker Roque Santa Cruz could miss Saturday's game against Reading.

The manager had called up two left - backs for those games against Estonia and Russia and when one gets injured, you would think the other is going to play.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers heaped praise on # 32.5 million summer signing Christian Benteke after he opened his account for the club with the only goal of the game against new promoted AFC Bournemouth on Monday night.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is reportedly weighing up again whether or not to start Paul Pogba in this weekend's game against Chelsea.

According to the Daily Express, the Mourinho and Pogba row rumbles on as the 24 - year - old feels victimised by his manager, who is weighing up dropping him yet again for this Sunday's big game against the Blues at Old Trafford.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is a firm admirer of Eriksen and had the player watched during Denmark's World Cup qualification games against the Czech Republic and Bulgaria last week.

On a side note, I couldn't help but think 2 predominant thoughts when watching the game against Bournemouth on the weekend: (1) Wenger is still willing to put his own personal agenda ahead of the team's best interests when it comes to team selection, which luckily for us didn't cost us the 3 points this time and (2) if Eddie Howe is earmarked to be the successor we are in deep trouble because he's simply a poor man's version of our present manager, as he's tactically inept and has an even worse road record.

Benteke himself scored against Liverpool in the semi-final at Wembley, showing his big - game ability and clearly impressing opposition manager Rodgers.

The powerful striker looks certain for a summer exit after Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp dropped Benteke from the match day squad against Arsenal in their first Premier League game of the season.

It is a problem for the manager and we have already seen what can happen this season with Ospina's howler this week and also when Arsenal had to bring in Chambers and Gabriel in the Premier League game against Liverpool.

«We had big hopes he would be available for the game against Newcastle but he got a setback on Friday when we were training at AAMI (Park),» Melbourne City manager John Van't Schip said.

The Red Devils have struggled with the right - hand side of their defence in particular during pre-season and manager Louis van Gaal flagged up the issue in the aftermath of the game against Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint - Germain.

If anyone should be seriously worried about Sunday's game it is the City manager Pep Guardiola, who started the season so well but now find themselves slipping down the table after defeats to Chelsea and Leicester, before finally getting some points last night against Watford.

But the way the fixtures have worked out could affect the manager's usual transfer plans, because our first two games are against Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool and Claudio Ranieri's Leicester and Wenger knows they are massive games which we can not afford to lose.

It must have been a huge relief for Arsene Wenger as well as for the Arsenal and England international star Theo Walcott when he broke his pre-season duck against the Norwegian side Viking FK on Friday, as the manager is going to be without his main centre forward Olivier Giroud for at least the first game of the season.